Impact: should examine the impact on other policies, social problems and the overall public good

Alice Said Ryan Could Be Creative And Inteligent

English Poor Laws

Early social welfare relief in England was considered a private and church matter. However, in 1601 the English gov't est. the Elizabethan Poor Laws that were largely administered through church parishes. Remained active for 250 years, est. the responsibility to provide relief to the needy. Divided needy in to three classes of dependents and proposed remedial measures: needy children- apprenciceships, able bodied- work, worthy poor- indoor (institutional) or outdoor (home) relief.

The second great awakening was the idea that America would be

"The City on the Hill" a pure and holy nation

What three products of the Second Great Awakening had a lasting influence on what was to become social welfare policy?

The religious impulse for reform was channeled into private organizations attempting to affect public change

A cadre of female leaders were mobilized and trained

An African American clergy began to form to lead the Afican American converts

Charity Organization Societies had offices in America by ____ and provided care to the ____.

1900's ; destitute

relief of the COS was provided by _____.

volunteers and agency representatives

The COS educated

both upper and lower class to their mutual obligation

they were considered _____ to the people and instructed the poor ______.

"friendly vistitors" ; on how to better manage their lives

COS's charity was seen by some as a form of _____. They were ______, and the COS believed charity resulted in ____.

social control; less than generous; sloth and dependency

The president of the NY COS believed that charity should ______. The COS believed it was difficult to _____, and that _____.

"only be distributed when starvation was immenent" ; maintain a sense of christian duty in the presence of immoral behavior; more radical measures were needed to assist the lower class.

Settlement houses began in ____ and immerged in big cities _____.

1880's ; over the next two decades

Settlement houses were primarily set up in ___ by ___ who moved in to ____ to help ___.

formulated by J. Dollard, maintains that discrimination is a form of aggression activated when individual needs become frustrated.

When people cannot direct their anger at the real source of their rage, they seek a subsitute target (weak minority)

explain authoritarian personality theory

developed by Theodore Adorno and others believed discriminatory behavior is determined by personality traits that involve a reaction to authority. Persons who exhibit the traits of irrationality, rigidity, conformity, xenophobia, are more likely to discriminate

explain normative-cultural theory

suggests that individuals hold prejudicial attitudes beacause of their socialization. That is, through both overt and covert messages, a society teaches discrimination and rewards those who conform to prevailing attitudes and behaviors

explain the economic theory

contends that dominat groups discriminate to maintain their economic and political advantages. Ex: male workers discriminating on female workers because they percieve them as encroaching on their employment prospects

institutional racism

a pattern of racial discrimination that is strongly entrenched in society

there are still questionable voting practices across the country such as _____.

specific identification requirements

too few polling places in poor neighborhoods

closing before everyone can vote

The PRWORA stand for ____ and was est. in ___ and stated _____.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; 1996; legal immigrants could no longer recieve food stamps, SSI, and TANAF unless they had become US citizens and/or worked and paid social security for at least ten years or they were veterans of the U.S. Army